Celebrities “Join the List” to Prevent Violence Against Women
To commemorate the 15 year anniversary of President Bill Clinton signing the Violence Against Women Act into law, the US Justice Department invited celebrities to “Join the List” to prevent domestic violence. These folks have pledged to use their web and fan sites as well as their social networking profiles to get the word out … Read more
NH Judge Susan B. Carbon Confirmed as Director of the Office of Violence Against Women
Judge Susan B. Carbon Kudos to Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) for smashing down the roadblocks to the confirmation of New Hampshire Judge Susan B. Carbon as the new director of the Department of Justice’s Office of Violence Against Women. Sue Else, president of the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV), said in a press … Read more
Rights for Mothers Blog Has a New Address
Rights for Mothers was a Top 100 blog. I cannot fathom why WordPress decided to “toss” it. The force behind the blog is extraordinarily well-informed on the issue of litigation abuse in child custody cases. She posts a wealth of information from around the world. She speaks truth to power. She holds abusive men accountable for … Read more
DV Quiz: What’s Your Life Worth?
Answer: $317.39 if you are one of the 2.3 million people who will experience domestic violence this year. Meanwhile, the Defense Department (DoD) wants to spend $130 billion on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan this year. I was surfing the ‘net yesterday looking for domestic violence statistics. At the National Network to End Domestic Violence’s site, … Read more
What if it was your daughter?
“What if it was your daughter?” There isn’t a domestic violence or rape survivor who hasn’t asked this question. So many of us face callous indifference. We feel like the girl in California who was gang-raped while dozens of bystanders did nothing. Her story made the headlines, but too many of our stories fall on deaf … Read more
Rape Survivor Confronts Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) Over Rape of Halliburton Employee in Iraq
“What if it was your daughter who was raped? Would you tell her to be quiet and take it? Would you tell your daughter to be silent?” A brave rape victim confronted Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) on Halloween (10/31/09) and asked the questions many of us ask after meeting with callous indifference regarding violence against women. … Read more
V-Day Victories for Eve Ensler: Best Leader & Schwarzenegger Backs Down
Eve Ensler, playwright and founder of V-Day, was named one of America’s Best Leaders in 2009 by the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard’s Kennedy School and U.S. News Media Group. The full list is available on-line and will be published in U.S. News & World Report which will be available on Tuesday, October, 27. Ms. … Read more
Bravo, Essence Magazine: Mary J. Blige Cover Story
Kudos to Essence Magazine for honoring October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month! Their editors appreciate that 1.3 million women is a greater audience than 200,000. Their cover story about Mary J. Blige’s mission to save women from poverty and abuse is in the color purple! The magazine honored the fact that October is Breast Cancer Awareness … Read more
Fuzzy Math: When Is 200,000 Greater than 1.3 Million?
In October. Advertising Age, the bible of advertisers and marketers in the US, has hundreds of articles about how linking a product to breast cancer awareness will boost sales. Their editors and subscribers are experts at market share. The market share of women who have experienced breast cancer is less than 12%. The market share for women who have … Read more
Minimizing Rape: Phillips, Letterman, and Polanski
Young girls and women who experience incest, sexual molestation, and sexual harassment carry scars that never, ever quite heal. We tell ourselves that the sex was consensual because we can’t bear to say out loud that we were raped. . .often by someone we admired and respected. . .until he stole our innocence. On CNN, … Read more
